Made up word? Doctors don't make up no stinkin werdz.
Posted By: Pam in Alabam on 2007-07-28
In Reply to: What do you do... - with a made up word??
Subject: Made up word? Doctors don't make up no stinkin werdz.
Don't you hate it when you're just sure a word is made up and you look it up only to find that it IS a real word? The other day a doc said conspicuity and I thought, man, if I was going to play with the word conspicuous, I'd go with conspicuosity. I Googled it and sho nuf, conspicuity is a word.
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Doctors and made-up words....
Subject: Doctors and made-up words....
Google search, using "define: emese" brings this up:
"Emese is a feminine Hungarian name that is possibly derived from the Finno-Ugric name eme which means "mother"."
That shows the value of a 20-year education, doesn't it.
no, doctors spells out word as indicated
Subject: no, doctors spells out word as indicated
That's not a word. Most doctors can't spell corrently.
Subject: That's not a word. Most doctors can't spell corrently.
another made up word?
Subject: another made up word?
I have a doc that keeps dictating "dermatomy" when referring to skin incision. While this makes logical sense to me, I can't find this in any medical dictionary. Not sure what to put or just flag and bring it to her attention. Any ideas?
YES, a made up word...sm
Subject: YES, a made up word...sm
Syncope is a real word meaning a temporary loss of consciousness or faint. "Syncopized, syncopial, syncopizing" are NOT words; edit to had syncope, was syncopal or is experiencing syncope, respectively.
Sounds like a made-up word
Subject: Sounds like a made-up word
Sounds like he means small protein in the urine and is just making up his own word, as they frequently do :-)
?rale-y = another made-up word!
Subject: ?rale-y = another made-up word!
Could be a made up word for concha bullosa?
Subject: Could be a made up word for concha bullosa?
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ever heard of "problication" or is it a made up word
Subject: ever heard of "problication" or is it a made up word
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made-up word in hernia repair report?
Subject: made-up word in hernia repair report?
I'm doing an operative report for repair of an incarcerated umbilical hernia, and the doctor says the hernia was dissected free of investing tissues. The s/l incarsum or incarserum appeared to be preperitoneal fat. I'm not familiar with this term, and I've attempted to find this through my own research efforts but am coming up empty.
Thanks. Yes, sounds like a made up word. Just needed a second opinion. nm
Subject: Thanks. Yes, sounds like a made up word. Just needed a second opinion. nm
Yes, sounds like a made up word, but I type it all of the time.
Subject: Yes, sounds like a made up word, but I type it all of the time.
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I would say the dictator made up his/her own tense to the word bursitis, would flag it and have QA l
Subject: I would say the dictator made up his/her own tense to the word bursitis, would flag it and have QA let you know.
Thanks, must be a made up combination word, as not in any medical book or on onelook and only 195 sm
Subject: Thanks, must be a made up combination word, as not in any medical book or on onelook and only 195 sm
hits on google. Everything I found after you told me that was cytology fixative. Thanks!
YW - Txczech helped by posting the word wrapped, which made it come to my mind :) nm
Subject: YW - Txczech helped by posting the word wrapped, which made it come to my mind :) nm
can't make out the word
Subject: can't make out the word
i am about to put my hair out. i can not make out this word. i have tried everything i can to figure it out. i hear shuntcity. but can't fugure out what it is. here is the sentece. if shuntcity shows no disconnection start CT scan......
please help.....
JMO but I would make it all one word,
Subject: JMO but I would make it all one word,
one can combine just about any medical word combination with anything else. It does make sense, so I would do it as one word. I don't know if it is correct, but I have seen it in reports.
can't make out the word
Subject: can't make out the word
ok, i just can't make out the word here in the sentence
"She, however, is ______ on whether or not she has taken the medicine...."
the blank part sounds like some vaseline...or something similar can't make it out..what could the word be here. any thoughts???
can't make out the word
Subject: can't make out the word
ok it sounds something like vas______ing on whether....
is it actually a word - or did he make it up?
Subject: is it actually a word - or did he make it up?
No such word. Docs make up their own. This is where the MT comes in. :) nm
Subject: No such word. Docs make up their own. This is where the MT comes in. :) nm
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Thank you for trying to help me!! I can't make out that word in the dictation.
Subject: Thank you for trying to help me!! I can't make out that word in the dictation.
This doc is a BIG mumbler. Clearly says "Denies", then the rest is garbage. 
Thank you though. There is no other info in report to go on for clues either.
It really irks me when they make up their own word. Here is what I would do. SM
Subject: It really irks me when they make up their own word. Here is what I would do. SM
anteriorly dislocated, synechial iris and optic temporally. At this point it was noted that the optic was synechial and incarcerated within the iris temporally.
No such word but again docs make up as they go.. sm
Subject: No such word but again docs make up as they go.. sm
pallor = pale
Does just the word "weight" make sense
Subject: Does just the word "weight" make sense
I think he may have hesitated and just said weight. Does that make more sense?
I have looked this word up and it doesnt make sense the way I spelled it.
Subject: I have looked this word up and it doesnt make sense the way I spelled it.
I wondered if anyone else had an idea of what it was.
You dont have to answer this if you dont want to.
This is my first time every posting a question, Ms hateful.
that's what I was thinking too, but it was a weird usage of a word that didn't make sense for
Subject: that's what I was thinking too, but it was a weird usage of a word that didn't make sense for that
meaning. He could have just said "dc'd".
It is appropriate to use the word fixated as in the medical description of "To make fixed, stable
Subject: It is appropriate to use the word fixated as in the medical description of "To make fixed, stable, or stationary."
The only thing I can find close is subtilise meaning to make senses more keen or make one's sense
Subject: The only thing I can find close is subtilise meaning to make senses more keen or make one's senses more acute?
Doctors can say anything they want...LOL
Subject: Doctors can say anything they want...LOL
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doctors... anything is possible!
Subject: doctors... anything is possible!
P.S. And yes, there are some doctors
Subject: P.S. And yes, there are some doctors
out there who actually do read their reports and know when something is changed, and those are the doctors that will come back on your supervisor, who comes back on you, because you changed something in their report.
My doctors usually put it in...
Subject: My doctors usually put it in...
GU or abdominal section.
Like doctors know it all????
Subject: Like doctors know it all????
you know, they do make mistakes. And we do follow the BOS. Get over yourself. So you know Latin or say you do, big deal. We know the rules for use of the word in MT. That's what counts here.
Ya know how doctors
Subject: Ya know how doctors
like to make up words. I'm wondering if he could be saying "Urine was pink, not pyurious." . . . just sort of repeating himself on the no pus thing???
And since when could doctors spell ANYTHING right?...nm
Subject: And since when could doctors spell ANYTHING right?...nm
Most doctors can't spell.
Subject: Most doctors can't spell.
That's probably because most doctors mangle it when they try to say it LOL nm
Subject: That's probably because most doctors mangle it when they try to say it LOL nm
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i am constantly getting doctors who will say....
Subject: i am constantly getting doctors who will say....
clearly sonometers....and then QA sends it back as centimeters.. anybody else go through this?
yes I find most doctors still
Subject: yes I find most doctors still
dictate most of these terms with the s. I have hardly ever heard a doctor say Crohn disease. I found it hard to switch over because I was so used to it.
could be metolazone - doctors are always saying
Subject: could be metolazone - doctors are always saying
this one wrong! Seriously, I don't know what is so difficult about it but they mangle it all the time.
With doctors it could be anything. Just blank
Subject: With doctors it could be anything. Just blank
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Since when do doctors know how to spell. Did you...sm
Subject: Since when do doctors know how to spell. Did you...sm
ask him what it meant? If you cannot document a word you cannot transcribe it in a report.
Thanks, you would think I would know by now that some doctors pronounce v like w.
Subject: Thanks, you would think I would know by now that some doctors pronounce v like w.
Check with your QA to see if the doctors sm
Subject: Check with your QA to see if the doctors sm
in that hospital are doing their own trial/protocol/study.
Letter to 2 doctors
Subject: Letter to 2 doctors
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Schools do not teach doctors whether or not the
Subject: Schools do not teach doctors whether or not the
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changing around doctors words
Subject: changing around doctors words
What is considered normal and appropriate.. if the doctor usually says things or an expressoin a certain way and this expression is on my autocorrect is it okay for me to type it in that way (with my autocorrect) if he changes around the sentence but it really means the same thing anyway. Also, how much is it acceptable to change what he says.
I've had lots of doctors
Subject: I've had lots of doctors
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Ah! He probably means what most doctors call sm
Subject: Ah! He probably means what most doctors call sm
....an "acute abdomen series." It is three plain x-rays - one of the abdomen with the patient flat (lying down), one of the abdomen with the patient standing upright, and a third x-ray of the chest to include the diaphragms (also with patient upright) so they can see if there is free air under the diaphragm (which can happen with bowel perforation in cases of diverticulitis, Crohn's, or other bowel diseases).
Men do have breasts, oftentimes doctors
Subject: Men do have breasts, oftentimes doctors
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